7 sentenced in conspiracy to distribute meth in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced seven people for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine across northwest Alabama, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor sentence 34-year-old Gladys Ivette Rodriguez-Valle to nine years in prison Monday. She had pleaded guilty to the conspiracy in December, saying she had led the operation by sending couriers to Atlanta to buy multiple kilograms of methamphetamine between January 2015 and June 2016 for her and her co-defendants to distribute.

“After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018,” Corker said.

“After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018,” Corker said.